Daily Archives : September 24, 2014

This theater box item within these lot codes may contain product containing peanut butter without listing on the ingredient label on the outside cardboard box. The inside package is correctly labelled with ingredients and allergy information. People who have allergies…

Cancer genomics: one cell at a time The study of single cancer cells has transformed from qualitative microscopic images to quantitative genomic datasets. This paradigm shift has been fueled by the development of single-cell sequencing technologies, which provide a…

New treatments for allergen immunotherapy Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) represents the only curative and specific way for the treatment of allergic diseases, which have reached a pandemic dimension in industrial countries affecting up to 20-30% of the population. Although applied…

So far, eleven emergency shipments valued at more than $6.8 million dollars have been sent to ELWA Hospital, Last Mile Health and Africare in Liberia as well as Medical Research Centre and Wellbody Alliance in Sierra Leone, which will share…

Background: Hypertension and depression are both important risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless,the association of blood pressure on and depression has not been completely established. This study aims toanalyze whether depression may influence the control of blood pressure in hypertensive…

Acute effects of using an electronic nicotine-delivery device (electronic cigarette) on myocardial function: comparison with the effects of regular cigarettes Background: Electronic cigarettes have been developed and marketed in recent years as smoking substitutes.However, no studies have evaluated their…

Role of topical application of gentamicin containing collagen implants in cardiac surgery Sternal wound infections (SWI) continue to be a major cause of concern after cardiac surgery. It leads to prolonged hospital stay and increased morbidity, mortality and increased hospital…

Podocalyxin is a marker of poor prognosis in colorectal cancer Background: Over two decades ago, a proposal was that two different colorectal cancer (CRC) entities existed, based on tumour location either proximal (right) or distal (left) of the splenic…

A research paper by Belgian scientists at the Université Catholique de Louvain claims to have found a way to inhibit the metastasis of carcinogenic tumours in mice, which as Joel Flynn reports, could potentially open a new avenue of treatment…